James Russell Lowell wrote: It's not what we give but what we share, For the gift without the giver is bare. Who gives of himself of his alms feeds three, Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.

The smallest good dead is better than the best intention

Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.

Just the other day in the Underground I enjoyed the pleasure of offering my seat to three ladies.

We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love.

Because love grows by works of love, and man becomes better;

Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?

Give your hands to serve and your hearts to love.

Spread love everywhere you go: First of all in your own house...let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do...but how much love we put in that action.

I never look at the masses as my responsibility; I look at the individual. I can only love one person at a time - just one, one, one. So you begin. I began - I picked up one person. Maybe if I didn't pick up that one person, I wouldn't have picked up forty-two thousand....The same thing goes for you, the same thing in your family, the same thing in your church, your community. Just begin - one, one, one.

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.